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nature and character of the same, and no power or right not
expressed in the franchise or grant shall pass thereunder; to
regulate the disposal of garbage and refuse of all kinds; to pro-
vide for the regulation, location and erection of slaughter houses;
to light the public places of the town, and may furnish light to
the inhabitants thereof, or to contract with any person, firm or
corporation, for the lighting of the town, either with gas, elec-
tricity or such other means as it shall think proper, provided no
such contract shall be for a longer period than ten years; to con-
tract with any person, firm, or corporation for the purpose of
supplying said town with water, for fire protection, or for any
other municipal purpose, provided no such contract shall be for
a longer period than ten years, and may levy and collect special
taxes upon all telegraph, telephone, electric light and trolley
poles or posts erected and maintained within the limits of the
corporation; to pass all by-laws, ordinances, resolutions and mo-
tions for such municipal purposes as in its judgment, may be
beneficial to said corporation; and for the purpose of carrying
out the aforesaid powers, and for the preservation of the clean-
liness, health, peace and good order of the community, and for
the protection of the lives and property of the citizens, and for
the violation of any ordinance or any Section of any ordinance
passed under the provisions of this Section, or by authority
thereof, it may impose such reasonable fines, not exceeding
twenty dollars in any case as to it may seem proper, and in de-
fault of the payment of any fine imposed, it may provide for
the imprisonment of the offender for a period not exceeding
thirty days in the jail of Frederick County, or until the fine
be paid.

SEC. 14. Be it enacted, That the Burgess, by virtue of his
office, shall have and exercise, within the limits of the corpora-
tion, all the jurisdiction and powers of a Justice of the Peace,
except as to civil cases and the acknowledgment of deeds, he
shall see that all laws and ordinances of the corporation are
fully and faithfully executed and enforced, and may call upon
any officer of the town, entrusted with the receipt and expendi-
ture of public money, for a statement of his account, as often as
he may think necessary; he shall be responsible for the good
order and efficient government of the town, and shall, by virtue
of the power and authority of his office, hear and decide any
violations of the laws and ordinances of the corporation, and
shall impose such fines and penalties as they prescribe, and shall
keep a docket on which all such cases coming before him shall
be entered, which shall state the name of the party charged, the